# Mum’s Trick to Escape If Kidnapped and Tied Up Goes Viral

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/news-opinion/general/mums-trick-to-escape-if-kidnapped-and-tied-up-goes-viral/
- Published: 2016-09-21T13:53:46+10:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

## _A mother has shared to the world a clever trick to escape she taught her daughter if kidnapped and tied up._

Michelle O’Neal, from Orlando, Florida in the US, has taught her daughter an incredible
trick�where she uses her shoelaces to snap the ties in under 60 seconds.

In a video Ms O’Neal�posted on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/michelle.oneal.965/videos/1399236033426105/),
the girl can be seen handcuffed with a zip tie. Along with the video was a caption
that reads:� “Could your kids escape if they were handcuffed with a zip tie? Teach
them how to free themselves in less than a minute!”

The girl in the footage bends over and unties her shoelace before threading one 
through the ties as she explains how to untie a zip tie “in case you’re kidnapped.”

Once the lace is securely in place, she pulls the bottom of it through the tie with
her teeth.

She further explains: “you take your other shoe lace” then�she ties her left lace
to the one already through the cable ties.

She�then leans back in her chair and starts to move her feet in a sawing motion,
then suddenly, the cable tie snaps in just seconds.

The video has already been viewed more than�60�million times and has been shared
over 32,000 times.

Plastic cable ties are one of the hardest restraints to get out of, but one of the
easiest and cheapest for criminals to get hold of.

Source:�[Kidspot.com.au](http://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/real-life/in-the-news/mum-teaches-daughter-clever-trick-to-escape-if-kidnapped-and-tied-up)

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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